RFR: JDK-8210592: Convert CDS-mode test sets in tier5 and tier6 to non-CDS-mode testing

[Jiangli Zhou]

Thanks, David!

Jiangli


On 9/17/18 4:45 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi Jiangli,
>
> Conversion looks good.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> On 18/09/2018 8:15 AM, Jiangli Zhou wrote:
>> Please review the change for JEP 341 (Default CDS Archives) sub-task, 
>> JDK-8210592.
>>
>> Currently, there are sub-sets of tiered tests running in CDS mode 
>> (defined in closed tier5 and tier6 test definitions). These tests are 
>> also executed in 'normal' mode in various tiers. GENERATE_CDS_ARCHIVE 
>> is used to create a CDS archive using the default classlist before 
>> executing those tests in CDS-mode.
>>
>> When the default CDS archive is enabled, it is no longer necessary to 
>> execute those tests in CDS mode explicitly since all tiered testing 
>> enables the default CDS archive by default. The change in the webrev 
>> removes GENERATE_CDS_ARCHIVE. To increase test coverage, the test 
>> sets in CDS mode are converted to run in non-CDS mode (with 
>> -Xshare:off enabled explicitly) in tier5 and tier6. The conversion is 
>> done in the closed repo.
>>
>>    webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jiangli/8210592/webrev.00/
>>
>>    JEP sub-task: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210592
>>
>> Tested tier5 and tier6 with the default CDS archive patch enabled.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jiangli
>>